What grade the government hires at
Every General Schedule hire into series 1811 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-13.
GS-11
278
14.9%
GS-12
90
4.8%
GS-13
1,460
78%
GS-14
28
1.5%
GS-15
16
0.9%
1,872 General Schedule hires. Hires under other pay plans (wage grade, senior executive, and the excepted schedules) are not shown here.
Where it is hiring
Top agencies
| Department of Homeland Security | 3,205 |
| Department of Justice | 989 |
| Department of the Navy | 126 |
| Department of Treasury | 87 |
| Department of Commerce | 77 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 49 |
| Department of Defense | 25 |
| Department of Agriculture | 18 |
Hire counts by employing agency, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on every hire in this series — standard for law-enforcement and intelligence occupations, where naming a duty state would identify individuals — so there is no state breakdown to publish.
Related occupations
Other series in the Investigation group (1800), by federal hires over the same twelve months.
- General Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, and Compliance SeriesSeries 1801 · 8,524 hires
- Border Patrol Enforcement SeriesSeries 1896 · 4,169 hires
- Compliance Inspection and SupportSeries 1802 · 2,905 hires
- Customs and Border ProtectionSeries 1895 · 2,456 hires
- Aviation SafetySeries 1825 · 464 hires
- Consumer Safety InspectionSeries 1862 · 318 hires